TULIP GEMS

“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.”  (2 Peter 3:18)

IRRESISTIBLE GRACE

The outward call may be, and often is, resisted.  But the inward, effectual call through the new birth can never be resisted.  “Regeneration does no more violence to the soul than demonstration does to the intellect, or persuasion to the heart.”   -- Loraine Boettner

“Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, He doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the Gospel.”   

-- Shorter Catechism (Answer to Question 31).

I'm not Presbyterian.  But I heartily agree with these words just quoted above, because they are Scriptural.  In fact, Sovereign Grace Baptists like Benjamin Keach and Charles H. Spurgeon later copied them verbatim into their own Catechisms.

May God be pleased to give eyes to see, ears to hear and a heart to trust and obey Jesus Christ as Lord to many who read this article.  How?  By Irresistible Grace (by causing them to be Born of the Spirit = Born from Above = Born of God = Born Anew = Born Again).

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Which WERE BORN, not of blood, NOR of the WILL of the flesh, NOR of the WILL of man, but of God.”   (John 1:12-13)  (Emphasis mine)  Note the past tense “were born” BEFORE they believed on Christ.

“Being BORN AGAIN, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”   (1 Peter 1:23)   (Emphasis mine) 

(From MY TESTIMONY Copyright © 2002 by George R. Theiss)

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